Recovered loot should go to victims, says Amnesty adviser Olaniyan
Lawyer sets anti-graft reform agenda for Tinubu Administration. Legal Adviser, Amnesty International Secretariat, London, D...
Olaniyan Addresses Ownership of Proceeds Deriving from Corruption in New Book
Oxford University Press has published a book entitled 'Ownership of Proceeds of Corruption in International Law', which detail...
Buhari’s empty rhetoric, security of people and human rights
By Kolawole Olaniyan President Muhammadu Buhari in his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015 promised expectant citizens that he...
Buhari is repressing human rights and getting away with it – Kolawole Olaniyan
By Kolawole Olaniyan President Muhammadu Buhari is failing to live up to his promises to ensure respect for human rights, o...
WHAT ARE THE LIMITS OF POLICE POWERS IN THE CONTEXT OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS [LIKE #EndSarsProtests]
The right to protest is a fundamental human right [and part of freedom of expression and Nigerians' right to participate in th...
Accounting for COVID-19 funds
— Editorial of The Punch Newspaper. APPARENTLY discomfited by the persistent Freedom of Information requests made by two not-...
Managing COVID-19 donations transparently
— Editorial of The Punch Newspaper UNDETERRED by disobliging officials, civil society organisations and activists are pressing...
I’ve fears COVID-19 funds will be looted –Olaniyan
In this interview with OLADIMEJI RAMON, Legal Adviser at Amnesty International Secretariat, London, Dr Kolawole Olaniyan, spea...
Immunity for lawmakers will leave Buhari’s anti-corruption agenda in tatters
- By Kolawole Olaniyan When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was named by the African Union as its first “anti-corruption...
Abacha loot
- Editorial of The Nation Newspaper The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has moved once again to defe...
Bad Example
SERAP’s crusade to stop pension to local council officials is in the right direction The Socio- economic Rights and Accountabi...
Buhari is ignoring Nigerian judges – we must not let him get away with it
By Kolawole Olaniyan President Muhammadu Buhari’s government record on the rule of law is chilling. Since assuming power o...